Polish Culture Archives - Polish American Community of Toledo

Polish Easter Week Traditions

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022 pact

Article by Tom Sorosiak Easter is one of the two most practiced traditions by the Polish people of the Roman Catholic faith that was retained in the America’s by Polish immigrant families. I am a product of that generation and am proud to continue those most cherished traditions. I would like to share with the readers of this newsletter the memories I have growing up in the LaGrange Street neighborhood. Holy Week was always a reminder that the end of Lenten Season was nearing. Going to mass on Palm Sunday…

10th Annual Kielbasa Cook-Off Postponed

January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 pact

HERE WE GO AGAIN! Well folks, due the rise of the Omicron variant of the Covid virus, we are once again POSTPONING the 10th Annual Kielbasa Cook-Off. We are hoping to have it in a few months when we can do it outside and couple it with a major event. So keep posted and stay safe!

May 22nd – Great Pierogi and Polish Food Drive-Up

April 28, 2021November 10, 2021 pact

Come join us Saturday, May 22nd as we present another Great Pierogi and Polish Food Drive-Up with a BONUS!!

This year, on top of all the FABULOUS Polish food that you can purchase frozen to take home, we are also offering a HOT, POLISH WEDDING DINNER to eat there or take it home!

2020 Kielbasa Cook Off Winners

March 17, 2020November 12, 2020 pact

What a great time we had at the 2020 Kielbasa Cook Off! Thank you to all who came out to support PACT. PACT is a 501c3 non-profit group working to promote our local Polish Heritage and work with other groups with the same goals. The profit from the cook off will be used to give 4 high school or college age students a $1,000 scholarship. We work with the Toledo Poznan Alliance to help local Polish students in their education. We have given $30,000 to local students so far.…

Polish Movie Series Postponed

March 17, 2020November 10, 2021 pact

Due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the boards of the Polish American Community of Toledo (P.A.C.T.) and the Toledo Poznan Alliance (T.P.A.) have postponed the Polish Movie series until Polish American Heritage Month in October. Stay well and plan to join us in October! Here is the list of films that we will be showing in October: Man of Marvel Sexmition (1983) Katyn (viewer discretion) Debt (2019) The Rose (2011) Saragosa Manuscript (1965)

Join us for a Traditional Polish Christmas Eve Celebration

November 7, 2019November 12, 2020 pact

Wigilia 2019 Wesołych Świąt! PACT and TPA are proud to announce this year’s Christmas Eve traditional “Wigilia” Celebration. The word “Wigilia” comes from the Latin word “VIGILARE” – to await. This year’s celebration is scheduled for Sunday, December 15, 2019 at Olivet Lutheran Church’s Christian Life Center, 5840 Monroe Street in Sylvania. Doors open at 5:00 and Wigilia program and dinner start at 5:30. The Wigilia Celebration includes: Lighting of the First Candle Reading of the Passage of the Birth of Christ Sharing of Oplatek Meatless Meal of Traditional Polish…

Celebrate Polish Heritage Month

October 7, 2019November 12, 2020 pact

Polish American Heritage Month is an annual designation observed in October. Across the globe, there are about 9.5 million Polish Americans. They represent about 3% of the American population. The first wave of millions of Poles migrated America between 1800 and 1860. The second and third generations of Poles were born in America in the late 1900’s, and grew up as Americans with a touch of Polish heritage. The Polish have always held onto a fierce passion for their culture, their independence, and their new country. We celebrate Polish American…

Disco Polo Dance Party at the 2019 Toledo Area Polish American Festival

May 3, 2019November 12, 2020 pact

Friday night, something new, something cool! DJ Tadeusz Gnida will spin the BEST songs from Poland and the US with our FIRST EVER Disco Polo Party! For those who aren’t familiar with Disco Polo, it’s what ALL the DJ’s play at weddings, bars, festival and events all over Poland! Consider it polka music for the clubs! Friday, May 17, 2019 Club 16, 316 King Road, Festival opens at 5:00 pm, Party starts at 8:00 pm! Dancing with the stars, Polish edition starts after Echoes of Poland around 7:15 pm. Echoes…

March 20th Showing of Cold War at the Maumee Theater

March 15, 2019November 12, 2020 pact

P.A.C.T. and the Toledo-Poznan Alliance are proud to announce the ONLY showing of the Academy Award Nominated and Cannes Film Festival Best Picture Winner “Cold War” (Zimna Wojna) in the Toledo Area! THIS IS A FREE EVENT AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible…